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By stereotypical standards, the Orlando-area athletes about to head off to Ivy League schools do not exactly measure up to the label of being a "geek," the term generally aimed at members of society who might be studious or intelligent or just plain different. Being smart used to be a vehicle for joke fodder from the lesser masses. Nowadays, however, those same smart people have infiltrated the norm and its more chic to be of knowledge. Intriguing as they all may be, these Ivy Leaguers are just your average teen student-athletes about to embark on adulthood. Footballers Blake Orvis (Boone High, Dartmouth) and Rohan Hylton (Ocoee, Princeton),...

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By stereotypical standards, the Orlando-area athletes about to head off to Ivy League schools do not exactly measure up to the label of being a "geek," the term generally aimed at members of society who might be studious or intelligent or just...

Jupiter Christian quarterback Kedric Bostic said he realized some opportunities in life are too good to pass up. Bostic said he couldn't walk away from an Ivy League education. He withdrew his commitment to UCF and instead opted commit to Princeton...

It takes a special breed to be considered worthy of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Commitment, sacrifice and perseverance are key attributes. It also helps if you are a darn good football player.
Nate Ozdemir is certainly the type.
"I've been playing...

Carter Shipley is living in a bit of a dream world.
He’s entering his senior year of high school and he has so many options for a life path in front of him that he has no idea which direction he will choose.
There is always the proverbial fork in the...

Davie University cornerback Leo Alba, who missed half of his senior season with a dislocated elbow, has accepted a scholarship offer to play football next season at Western Michigan.Alba was also looking at some Ivy League schools -- Penn, Dartmouth...

Jay Carlson (St. Paul's) had his first hat trick of the season to lead No. 10 Maryland to a 12-3 victory over visiting Drexel in men's lacrosse Saturday.
In the teams' first meeting since 1943, the Dragons (0-4) jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the...

Freshmen Megan Whittle (McDonogh) and Taylor Hensh (Marriotts Ridge) each had a hat trick as the No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team (3-0) pushed past host Hofstra (2-2) in a dominant 14-6 win Saturday.
Whittle had three goals for the second straight...

Northwestern's long drought outside of the Top 25 has finally come to an end. The Wildcats are back in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 19 years after entering the rankings at No. 25 on Monday. "It's good to be...

Hartford Picked Fourth In Baseball PollHartford was picked fourth in the America East preseason baseball coaches' poll. Stony Brook was chosen first in a vote of the league's seven head coaches who were not allowed to vote for their own team. Maine...

College Gameday, ESPN's weekly show from 9 a.m.-noon, heads to Massachusetts and will feature Harvard-Yale football for the first time. If Harvard wins, the Crimson win the Ivy League title at 7-0. A Yale win and a Dartmouth win over Princeton would...

After operating with notable efficiency in optimal conditions over the first three weeks of the season, Yale stepped onto the slick track of Yale Bowl on Saturday for its home Ivy League opener against Dartmouth.
The morning’s steady rain dampened the...

Yale QB Gets Ivy HonorsYale junior quarterback Morgan Roberts, who was 20 of 39 for 356 yards and three touchdowns in leading Yale from a 21-0 deficit to a 54-43 victory, was named Ivy League football co-offensive player of the week. He shared...